Results from quarterly accounts

Group (NOKm)	3Q	2Q	1Q	4Q	3Q	2Q	1Q	4Q	3Q
	2017	2017	2017	2016	2016	2016	2016	2015	2015
Interest income	959	945	931	917	874	896	910	962	1,058
Interest expenses	400	424	409	424	425	424	441	489	593
Net interest	559	521	522	493	449	472	469	473	466
Commission income	360	349	308	300	326	331	295	309	317
Commission expenses	46	38	35	35	34	36	28	38	38
Other operating income	168	227	182	149	120	154	134	107	99
Commission income and other income	482	538	455	414	412	448	401	378	378
Dividends	1	3	1	1	13	73	0	3	0
Income from investment in related companies	126	94	71	74	103	127	119	121	78
Net return on financial investments	108	35	66	153	157	71	53	-15	-91
Net return on financial investments	235	131	138	228	274	271	172	109	-13
Total income	1,276	1,191	1,115	1,134	1,134	1,191	1,042	959	831
Staff costs	357	362	345	251	294	318	295	280	264
Other operating expenses	225	236	227	231	210	209	194	235	203
Total operating expenses	582	598	571	482	504	528	489	515	466
Result before losses	694	593	544	652	630	664	553	444	364
Loss on loans, guarantees etc.	88	86	89	99	130	118	170	56	56
Result before tax	607	507	454	553	500	546	383	388	309
Tax charge	115	109	96	99	85	85	72	100	61
Result investment held for sale, after tax	-0	3	-0	7	-1	-1	-0	-0	0
Net profit	491	401	358	462	414	460	311	287	248